21.   These are the circumstances that make for tighter muscles and frayed nerves.

22.   Those negative ions generated by moving water also energize while soothing frayed nerves, fountain makers and feng shui experts say.

23.   Today, Peterson is a social worker helping fellow veterans cope with frayed nerves and failed hopes.

24.   When workers come home with frayed nerves and punctured expectations, what are the children to make of it?

25.   All day, aides waited with frayed nerves.

26.   Attempts were under way to calm frayed nerves and avert further fighting.

27.   Fearing frayed nerves, Ito declined interview requests in advance of the Edmonton championships.

28.   Frayed nerves erupted into more fisticuffs between two workers after one of them spat while they were having lunch.

29.   Frayed nerves from the attacks, she said, were not a factor in the changes.

30.   However, the raids have left Afghan civilians with frayed nerves since some of the targets are close to populated areas.